Improvement in bins for storing and drying grain



JAnvIs ROYAL, OF WHITE ROOK, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN BINS FOR STORING AND DRYING GRAIN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 123,424, dated February 6, 1872.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JARvIs ROYAL, of White Bock, in the county of Ogle and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Bins for Storing and Drying Grain 3 and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which Will enable others skilled in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure l is a perspective view, illustrating severals Ways for carrying my invention into practical eii'ect. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section taken through the line x w, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is an under side vienT of one form of brick or tile. Fig. 4 is an under side view of another form of brick or tile.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to improve the construction of bins, boxes, ships, boats, Ste., in which grain or other substances are placed for storage or transportation so that the substances placed in them--Wh ether grain, fruits, iiesh or fish, salt or sugarmay be dried and thus preserved from injury from dampness, and it consists in lining the inside ofthe bins, Sto., with porous bricks or tiles.

A is a box divided into different compartments al a2 e3 to illustrate different Ways of carrying my invention into practical effect. The compartment t1 represents a box or bin made roughly, so that the Water may escape freely from its bottom and sides, being such a bin as any farmer might build for his own use. The compartment al is lined With plain bricks B1, as shown, said bricks being placed end to end, side to side, or edge to edge, as may be desired. The bricks or tiles B1 may be secured in place by a slight frame-Work, C, or in any other convenient manner. The compartment a2 is made to represent an ordinary grain-bin, the bottom and sides of Which are lined With bricks or tiles made in various styles, but al- Ways porous. The bricks or tiles B2 are chamfered upon their edges, so that when laid together the chamfers of the adjacent edges may form grooves or channels for the admission of air. When the bricks B2 are made large they may be grooved or channeled across their rear sides, as shown in Figs. 3 and 4. If desired, the bricks or tiles B3 may be made corrugated, as shown in compartments c2 and c3 of Fig. l. In case plain brick or tile B1 are used to line the bin when made close thin laths D should be placed along the sides and bottom of the bin for the bricks or tiles to rest against, so as to form channels or openings for the ingress of the air. In some cases-as, for instance, in grain-boats and shipsit may be advisable to line the lower part of the bin with thicker and heavier brick or tile than is necessary for the sides or upper parts. By this construction the porous bricks or tiles WillA absorb the Water from the grain or other substance, which, coming in contact With the air in the chamber or corrugations, is evaporated. This process of absorption and evaporation continues until all the grain in the bin is sufficiently dried.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patentlnterposing thin laths or rods between the outer sides of the bricks or tiles and the inner sides of the bin, substantially as herein shown and described, and for the purpose set forth.

f JABVIS ROYAL. Witnesses:

A. S. HOADLEY, HIRAM JONES. 

